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Alissa Widman Neese and Craig McDonald View Comments Licking Heights Local Schools has joined several other districts to sue the state over its EdChoice school voucher system The program, which allows families to use public funds to send children to private schools, violates the Ohio Constitution, the group Vouchers Hurt Ohio contends. It argues that elected officials are failing to to meet their constitutional duty to fund a “thorough and adequate” system of public schools. We are a consortium fighting to ensure the state of Ohio acts within its own legal bounds Columbus Schools board member Michael Cole said. “To ensure that public school districts … are not again harmed by how dollars are siphoned off to accommodate, illegally and unfairly, other schools.” ....
View Comments Licking Heights School Superintendent Dr. Philip Wagner and District CFO/Treasurer Todd Griffith gave lengthy testimony before state lawmakers on June 3 that painted a bleak picture for district finances under present senate funding models. Wagner said before addressing the senate’s state school funding formula released June 1, he wanted to share for the purpose of context some information about the Heights School District, focusing on its greatly increasing student population and increasingly diverse ethnic mix. District enrollment up 330% over 20 years “We are extremely fast-growing, with a current enrollment of nearly 4,800 students,” Wagner told lawmakers. “This is my tenth year as superintendent and during this time, student enrollment has grown from 3,300 to 4,800 students. Our fast growth, combined with the state funding gain cap and the expansion of private school vouchers, adversely impacts our student classroom experience.” ....